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The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion
The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion; the true methods of making all men happy in this world, and in the world to come Seasonably discoursed, and earnestly pressed upon this licentious age. By J.F. a sincere lover of his native country, and the souls of men.The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion; the true methods of making all men happy in this world, and in the world to come Seasonably discoursed, and earnestly pressed upon this licentious age. By J.F. a sincere lover of his native countrey, and the souls of men.
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1691
THE REASONABLENESS OF Personal Reformation, › Chapter 4 › Section 5 › Excuse 1: Excuse I.
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1. A strong and vigorous Constitution will be readily acknowledged to be so great an external Blessing and Mercy, that no Man of sound Intellectuals ought to do any thing to destroy it; but is obliged to use all proper Methods for the Preservation of it. If therefore Temperance shall be found to preserve it, and excess to impair and ⟨p. 68⟩destroy it; let your own Reason judge which o• these two Courses you are obliged to take. Consult either the best Physicians, or your own, and other Mens Experience, and they will tell you, that Apoplexies, Palsies, Gout, and innumerable other Diseases, are bred by such Excesses in the soundest and strongest Constitutions, and Death it self hastened by such intemperate course• ▪ whereas Temperance and Sobriety might hav• made your Lives more comfortable and durabl•• As strong as you are, frequent Drunkenness wi•• bring Cain's Curse upon your vigorous Bodies, and make you go shaking and trembling (as he did) about the World.
1. A strong and vigorous Constitution will be readily acknowledged to be so great an external Blessing and Mercy, that no Man of sound Intellectuals ought to do any thing to destroy it; but is obliged to use all proper Methods for the Preservation of it. If therefore Temperance shall be found to preserve it, and excess to impair and ⟨p. 68⟩destroy it; let your own Reason judge which o• these two Courses you are obliged to take. Consult either the best Physicians, or your own, and other Mens Experience, and they will tell you, that Apoplexies, Palsies, Gout, and innumerabl• other Diseases, are bred by such Excesses in the soundest and strongest Constitutions, and Death it self hastened by such intemperate course• ▪ whereas Temperance and Sobriety might hav• made your Lives more comfortable and durabl As strong as you are, frequent Drunkenness wi bring Cain's Curse upon your vigorous Bodies, and make you go shaking and trembling (as he did) about the World.